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Gently hugging his wife into his arms, Su Zihan had a wry smile on his lips: "It's a little, but it's more of a loss." ”
When he was a teenager, his father was beheaded for greed for ink, and his mother became depressed and sick, and he suddenly changed from a county guard who was flattered by everyone to a criminal official's family.
Firmly believing in his father's innocence, he has been cold for more than ten years, and hopes that one day he can shine on the lintel to wash away his father's grievances.
He has always adhered to the belief of 'establishing a heart for heaven and earth, establishing a life for the people, continuing to learn for the saints, and opening peace for all generations', even if he offended the prime minister and went to the Hanlin Academy as an editor, even if he was suddenly promoted to Jing Zhaoyin, he did not suffer from gains and losses, he was still cautious in his words and deeds, and believed that one day he would achieve his wish.
Only this time, he really didn't know the bottom in his heart.
First, he offended the ninth princess who was above 10,000 people under one person, and second, he went to the poor mountain and bad water place in Yongping County, I am afraid that he will die of old age there in this life, and there will be no future, and there is even the worry of losing his life.
In this way, not to mention the disappointment, he is most at ease with his mother, if he really has anything to do, his mother is widowed in middle age, and how painful and sad it should be to lose her son in old age? There is also Ah Bing, she is so young and strong, she is afraid that she will live and die, even if she lives because of her mother, she will be depressed all day long, especially when her father's grievances have not yet been revealed, he is really unwilling.
But......
"This matter is extraordinary, if Zihan continues to serve as Jing Zhaoyin, the prime minister and others will definitely bite to the death, and Zihan should understand what the consequences will be."
Su Zihan stared at his wife when he heard this: "What news did Ah Bing hear?" ”
Bingying's eyes flashed, and she said carefully: "I also went to the teahouse and heard by chance that there are similar situations in several counties, and there is no trace to follow, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can do, so I guess that this matter must not be simple, and the ninth princess must also know that the situation is serious." ”
The husband only wants to rely on his own ability to be recognized by the emperor and the world, so her relationship with Qingyun has always been kept secret from him, otherwise he will be cranky and ashamed of relying on nepotism.
"I see." Su Zihan seemed to have an understanding.
He also vaguely felt that this matter was strange, but he didn't expect that the ninth princess had already seen the opportunity and made a decision quickly.
Carefully observing Su Zihan's expression, seeing that his expression was calm, and he didn't suspect anything, Bingying suddenly put her mind at ease: "That Zihan still complains that the Ninth Princess took away your position as Jing Zhaoyin and degraded you to Yongping County, which is a poor country?" Are you still unwilling? ”
"The Ninth Princess does not hesitate to sacrifice her reputation for benevolence and virtue to protect me, if I still have grievances, wouldn't I know what to do?" Su Zihan said helplessly: "The reason why I am unwilling is because I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to Beijing when I go to Yongping County, not only is it difficult to achieve the ultimate goal in my heart, but my father's grievances cannot be revealed, and I also have to suffer and suffer with me, I am not a good son, let alone a good husband." ”
Snuggled in her husband's warm arms, Bingying was full of emotion and happiness: "We are husband and wife, we should have difficulties together, it doesn't matter if we are involved and suffer, as long as our husband and wife are together, even if the big difficulties can be overcome, I guess that the ninth princess has tried her best to protect Zihan, and she must recognize and appreciate Zihan's ability, as long as Zihan governs Yongping County well, he will not only be able to return to the capital one day, but also achieve his wish, as for his father's grievances, there will always be a day when the truth will be revealed." ”
Qingyun said that her father's matter would be secretly investigated, and she also agreed that she would use the resources in her hands, and I believe that she would be able to find out.
"I hope so." Su Zihan sighed softly, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and looked down at his wife: "How can I listen to Ah Bing's words and have a good impression of the Ninth Princess?" Trust, exactly? ”
Could it be that Ah Bing has anything to do with the Nine Princesses?
Bingying couldn't help but look shocked when she heard this, and in the blink of an eye, she returned to calm like water, and raised her eyes to look at her husband.
"The world says that the Ninth Princess is pure and benevolent, and a while ago she did not hesitate to risk her life for the people of Nanyang County, plus the Ninth Princess tried her best to protect Zihan, of course I have a good impression of the Ninth Princess, don't Zihan think that having such a princess is a blessing for the country and a blessing for the people?"
"What Ah Bing said is extremely true." Su Zihan smiled, and secretly said that he had too much heart, Ah Bing had only seen the Nine Princesses from afar during the Hundred Flowers Banquet, how could it be related?
Seeing that her husband seemed to believe her words, Bingying quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and was almost seen by her thoughtful husband, it was really dangerous!
The carriage carried Bingying and his wife to the unknown front.
Diligent Palace.
Emperor Huiwen handed the review of the good recital to Leng Yi beside him: "Why do you say that Jiu'er values Su Zihan so much?" Even self-destructive reputation to preserve him? But why did he send him to such a poor Yongping County? ”
"Knowingly asked." Leng Yi glanced at Emperor Huiwen, who was unimpressed: "Just looking at the fact that in the past half a year, Lord Su has governed the capital in an orderly manner and has been praised by his subjects, which shows that Lord Su is extraordinary and honest. And this incident is obviously not so simple, the reason why Jiu'er did this is to avoid the prime minister's party from taking this opportunity to get rid of Master Su, and secondly, to hone Lord Su, if Lord Su can persist and make achievements, the court will have one more pillar of talent. ”
"Jiu'er really deserves to be his daughter, not only is she discerning and far-sighted, but she is also able to bend and stretch, and we finally lived up to his entrustment."
"That's why I'm more worried." Leng Yi said quietly: "Since the day of his birthday, Jiu'er seems to have changed as if he has changed a person, smart and calm and decisive in killing, if he doesn't make a move, he will hit the opponent's death point directly, even the treacherous and cunning prime minister and concubine have been suppressed by Jiu'er and have almost no power to fight back, but the more this is the case, the more dangerous Jiu'er becomes, I am afraid that the prime minister is brewing a bigger conspiracy to deal with Jiu'er, especially the resurgence of the Absolute Dust Palace, and Jiu'er's side can be described as full of dangers." ”
Emperor Huiwen frowned: "You have a point. Although letting go of Jiu'er to deal with the government is to prepare for the future, Jiu'er's safety is the most important thing, almost all of Jiu'er's secret guards have joined the purple guard, and you will send a new batch to Jiu'er, be sure to ensure Jiu'er's safety. ”
"I've already arranged it, and King Rui has also sent twenty secret guards to protect it."
"Really?" Emperor Huiwen smiled, and then sighed lightly: "Rui'er is a very good child, but it's a pity that he has nothing to do with Jiu'er. ”
"It's a pity, but I look at Jiu'er and Mo Xuan seems to be a little different."
"Haven't you found out where he came from and who he is?"
Leng Yi shook his head: "Except that he is the closed disciple of the old man Tianji, I don't know anything else. In fact, these are not important, the important thing is that I can see that he is sincere to Jiu'er, not only to eradicate Jiu'er's cold poison all year round, but also to protect Jiu'er during this time, and to obey Jiu'er's words, and his temperament is also good and both medical and poisonous, with him taking care of Jiu'er, we can rest assured. ”
"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case." Emperor Huiwen's expression was solemn: "Have you forgotten what happened back then?" If he hadn't let his guard down at that time by that person's pretended appearance, how could there have been any later events, and Jiu'er would not have ......"
Leng Yi heard a trace of pain and remorse in his eyes: "It's all because of our carelessness that caused such a tragedy." ”
"So we have to be cautious now, after all, it is about Jiu'er's lifelong happiness, and it is even more unintentional, especially if Mo Xuan's origin is unknown, if Mo Xuan is as good at disguise as that person, Jiu'er has been hurt because of this, under Jiuquan, what face do we have to meet them?"
Leng Yi nodded: "I will send someone to closely monitor Mo Xuan, if he is really ill-intentioned, I will never spare him!" ”
"And this incident is so unusual, we have to prepare early." Emperor Huiwen said solemnly: "It is rumored that he will enter the palace immediately." ”
"Do you want to ......" Seeing that Emperor Huiwen's eyes flashed with a deep edge, the surprise on Leng Yi's face turned into realization: "It's time to hand it over to Jiu'er." ”
Chun Wang's Mansion.
Zhang Lianwu walked in the garden of Hanmei blooming with her eyebrows, facing the slaves and servants who passed by and saluted, Xiumei always had a gentle and decent smile on her face, but her eyes were cold and thin, faintly revealing a trace of gloom.
The ninth princess preemptively belittled Su Zihan, who the prime minister wanted to get rid of, and the prime minister was angry with his father, and strictly ordered his father to write a letter to Lord Wu of Yongping County to get rid of Su Zihan, but he was hiding behind the scenes, he was really a cunning fox, it was simply hateful, but his father and she were helpless.
Especially Sima Chun, that idiot, still misses the Ninth Princess, and delusionally thinks that one day the Ninth Princess will marry him, and wastes her hard work.
Inadvertently, I saw a slave not far away, although she was sweeping the floor, but her eyes looked at her side from time to time. ”
"The slave has seen Concubine Zhang." The slave came to Zhang Lianwu with a broom in her hand, bowed her head and bowed.
"Look up." Looking at the familiar face of the slave who looked up according to the words, a trace of doubt flashed in Zhang Lianwu's eyes, and his eyes were slightly cold for a moment: "This side concubine remembers, you are the personal maid Mingyue of Concubine Chun, who came from Luoxia Palace with Concubine Chun." ”
Mingyue lowered her head in a panic: "Back to Concubine Zhang, it is a slave maid, the ninth princess gave the concubine to the prince, and the slave maid is a dowry maid." ”
"What were you looking at there?" Zhang Lianwu's dark eyes flashed with cold killing intent: Concubine Chunshu overheard her conversation with Sima Chun, obviously with ill intentions, and this bright moon ...... Can't stay, you have to know that they are all from Luoxia Palace!
Kneeling on the ground with a plop, Mingyue trembled and said: "Back to Concubine Zhang, the slave maid was cleaning the courtyard, and suddenly saw a fairy coming from the blooming cold plum, and couldn't help but take a few more looks, the slave didn't mean to offend Concubine Zhang, begging Concubine Zhang for forgiveness!" After saying that, he kowtowed heavily.
"Do you think this concubine is a fairy in flowers?" Zhang Lianwu seemed to be smiling.
"The slave doesn't dare to lie, please ask Concubine Zhang to find out!"
"Get up, this concubine forgives you for your innocence."
Mingyue thanked her and slowly stood up, bowing her head and standing respectfully, but she was secretly relieved in her heart: fortunately, she was witty, otherwise even if the Ninth Princess sent someone to secretly protect her, it would inevitably suffer from flesh and skin, and the task assigned by the Ninth Princess had not been completed, so she would not be able to leave King Chun's Mansion.
Staring at Mingyue, who couldn't see clearly with her head down, Zhang Lianwu had a gentle smile on her face, but there was a gloomy glow in the depths of her eyes: she is worthy of being a person from Luoxia Palace, improvisable and clever, so she can't be left behind, or she will suffer endlessly!
"Although your master is gone, after all, you are a person in the Nine Princesses Palace, how can you do such rough work? In this way, from now on, you will be the maid of this side concubine, and this side concubine will not treat you badly. ”
Mingyue trembled in her heart when she heard this, and at the same time hesitated, if she followed Concubine Zhang, it would naturally be easy to monitor, but she would also ......
"Back to Concubine Zhang'......"
At this time, the housekeeper of the palace happened to come over, bowed and saluted, and said: "Mingyue is blessed to get the love of Concubine Zhang, but the prince ordered the old slave to arrange for Mingyue to clean the courtyard, the old slave really dare not disobey the prince's order, please forgive Concubine Zhang!" Otherwise, when the prince returns home, Concubine Zhang will talk to the prince. ”
Zhang Lianwu stared straight at the housekeeper who was neither arrogant nor humble, if it weren't for the fact that he had followed Sima Chun since he was a child, and won Sima Chun's trust and trust, she would have suspected that he was someone else's meticulous work in the palace, and actually maintained Mingyue.
"The housekeeper doesn't have to be embarrassed, the concubine will bring Mingyue back to the Flying Dance Pavilion first, and she will tell the prince later, I believe the prince will agree."
"Mingyue, didn't this concubine ask you to go back to Mengwei Pavilion to serve after cleaning the courtyard, why haven't you returned at this time?"
As a quiet voice sounded, Lin Yiwei walked over with two maids, didn't look at Zhang Lianwu, only looked at Mingyue and said coldly: "What, do you want this concubine to come and invite you in person?" ”
"Concubine Lin's forgiveness, slave ......and maid" Mingyue knelt on the ground, and for a moment she wondered what Concubine Lin meant by saying this?
Lin Yiwei's face sank like water: "Okay, go back with this concubine!" ”
"Wait!" Seeing that Mingyue was about to leave with Lin Yiwei, Zhang Lianwu was angry and puzzled, but with a gentle smile on her face: "What does this mean, sister?" Mingyue is already a maid in her sister's pavilion, how can her sister take Mingyue away? ”
Lin Yiwei turned her eyes to look at Zhang Lianwu, her expression was cold and indifferent, just like the cold wind blowing in the deep winter at this time: "My sister doesn't know, after Concubine Chunshu died suddenly, my sister asked the prince for Mingyue, and the prince agreed, but she was annoyed that Mingyue didn't serve Concubine Chun, so she was punished for cleaning the courtyard for a few days. If my sister didn't have anything to do, my sister would leave. ”
Without waiting for her to say anything, Lin Yiwei left with Mingyue and the others.
Looking at Lin Yiwei's clear back, Zhang Lianwu's eyes were gloomy and depressed, and a trace of deep resentment overflowed from the corners of his mouth.
returned to Mengwei Pavilion and instructed the maid to arrange for Mingyue to stay, and Lin Yiwei sat by the window embroidering ink bamboo.
At the same time, a secret place was located, and Qingyun stared at the few people standing in front of him: "When you get here, you only have two choices. ”